An Apology for Audio Assignments in First-Year Writing Classrooms

Harley Ferris & Ryan TraumanUniversity of Louisville

11 April 2013

Have you, yourself, ever produced an audio text?

Why? Why not? How’d that go?

Have you ever assigned an audio text in your class?

Why? Why not? How’d that go?

Why an audio assignment?

Distribution.

Necessary.Consumption.

Assignment Design Considerations

Context, Outcomes, Resources

Context

How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?

Outcomes

How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?

Resources

How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?

Example Audio Assignment

Example Audio Assignment

• Three Stages:– Preparation– Production– Distribution

Example Audio Assignment

• Production– Stock elements– Scripts– Recording– Editing

Example Audio Assignment

• Preparation– Topic drawn from other

class work.– Genre awareness gleaned

from examples.– Discussions of audio

affordances.

Example Audio Assignment

• Distribution– Soundcloud– Facebook– Twitter– Email

Resources

www.newmediascholar.net

Questions?

Thanks.